Siphon.



c. BARROW am. KARPEN.

SIPHON.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24. 1915' Patented sept. 18, 1917.

W( www@ `CHAR/ICES A. BARROW AND JOHN KARPN, OF RACNE, WISCONSIN.

sIPHoN.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 18, 1917.

Application filed August 24, 1915. Serial No. 47,075.

To @ZZ Iwhom t may concern.'

Be it known that we. CHAnLEs A. BARROW and JOHN KARPEN, both citizens of the United States, and residents of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and fuseful improvements in Siphons;and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to the subject of siphons of the type that are especially adapted for transferring' liquid from one receptacle to another, and the primary aim of the invention is to produce a siphon that is simple in construction, easily operated and controlled, and which can be readily attached to or removed from engagement with receptacles.

The invention contemplates in its general organization a siphon tube and an air tube both being carried bv or equipped with plues or closures for the receptacles that are to be acted upon, the siphon tube being equipped with means for creating a suction therein, and the air tube being provided with measure indications and being so disposed thatit will control the amount of liquid delivered to the receiving receptacle. In this connection it is to be understood that the present invention is of special utility in connection with the operation of deliveringl liquid from a cask, or the like to a bottle or other lreceptacle wherein a predetermined amount of the liquid is to be delivered to the bottle, and in the present invention the air tube outlet is so disposed within the bottle that it will automatically stop the siphonic action of the Siphon tube when the predetermined amount of liquid has been received by the bottle.

A simple and thoroughly practical embodiment of the invention has been shown in diagram, partly in section of the iinproved siphon as it appears in use, in the accompanying` drawing.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals it will be seen that the improved siphon comprises a Siphon tube 1 provided with a compressible bulb, or other source of suction creation, 2, and an air tube 3. The tubes 1 and 3 extend through a closure or bung 11 that is tightly fitted within the outlet opening of a discharging receptacle 6, said closure 4 being provided with parallel openings 7 and 8 for said tubes. The opening 8 at its outer end is surrounded by a flaring recess 9 for lthe re-VV ception of a longitudinally split tapering bushing or thimble 10 mounted on the tube 1, said bushing serving to lock the tube 1 in the desired adjusted position within the opening 8, or relative to the closure 4. The inlet end of the tube 1 may be provided with an enlarged flaring nipple 11 provided with a strainer 12 arranged so that dregs and other foreign matter within the lower portion of the cask 6 will not enter the said tube. The outlet end of the tube 1 eX- tends through a closure 13 for a receiving receptacle 111, an opening 15 being provided therefor in said closure 13 as well as a similar parallel opening 16 for the outlet end of the air tube 3.

It is preferred that the tube 1 and the tube 3 be formed of rubber or other resilient material, although it will be obvious that other material may be employed, and that the inlet and the outlet for the tube 3 be in the form of comparatively stiff nipples 17 and 18, respectively. The nipples 17 and 18 are provided with enlarged and prefer-V ably rounded heads 19 so that when the ends of the tubes are expanded and slipped over said heads. tight joints are formed. In a similar manner the ends of the bulb 2 are attached to the tube 1. and the outlet of said tube 1 is preferably in the form of a comparatively stid nipple 2O of the same form as described in connection with the tube 3 and similarly attached to thetube 1.

The nipple 18 of the tube 3 is provided with measure indications 21.

In use the closures 4 and 13 are applied to the receptacles 6 and 14, respectively, as shown in the drawing, and the tube 1 adjusted to the desired position within the receptacle 6 relative to the bottom thereof. The nipple 17 of the tube 3, as shown, projects just beyond the bottom of the closure 6, and the nipple Q0 projects just below the bottom of the closure 13. The nipple 18 of the tube 3 is adjusted within the receptacle 14 in accordance with the amount of liquid that is to be delivered to said receptacle, and when the liquid level within the receptacle 13 reaches the inlet end of said nipple 18, said inlet is sealed by the liquid, thereby shutting oli' the iow of the air and stopping the siphonic action of the tube 1.

It will be understood, of course, that the siphonic action is started by compressingv the bulb 2. Any convenient method of stop ping' the flow of liquid through the tube l may be resorted to when desired, aconvenient one being iilustreted in the drawing wherein one hand of the user is shown grasping the tube l beyond the bulb 2 to squeeze said tube together in such a manner that flow of the liquid is prevented.

We claim as our invention v In a Siphon, the combination With a member provided with it bore having one end tnperingly counter sunk, of a resilient Huid tube siidabie through said bore, and a tapered split sleeve on the tube adapted to seat in the counter sink and to be contracted thereby to clip the tube whereby the diameter of the tube is reduced to prevent 1ongitudinal shifting thereof.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing We have hereunto set our hands at Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES' A. BARROW. JOHN KARPEN. Witnesses:

E. E. BROWN, Trios. A. FAGAN.

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